Photo: KABUL, Aug10, 2009

KABUL, Aug10, 2009: President Hamid Karzai announces his plans and priorities at a press conference here on Monday. Karzai, who is seeking his reelection in the August 20 presidential polls, said, if reelected, he would raise the number of national army troops from the current 85,000 to 260,000 and national police from 80,000 to 160,000. PAJHWOK/Nilab Hbibi